See who is running for office in Fort Bend County

by Houston Chronicle | March 16, 2011 10:51 am

The following is a list of people who filed for city and school district elections in Fort Bend County by the deadline at 5 p.m. Monday, March 14. Incumbents are noted with an (i).

Arcola

• Three at-large council seats: Greg Abarr, 56, geophysicist (i); Florence A. Jackson, 53, financial assistant (i); Rosie Rojas, 53, homemaker; Thomas J. Hilton, 53, cartographer (top three vote-getters will be declared the winners)

Beasley

• Mayor: Kenneth Reid, 43, works in sales (i)

• Two at-large council seats: Dale Lindemann, 58, materials management for Centerpoint Energy (i); Ninfa Losoya, 59, administrative assistant (i); Gretchen Albright, 38, office manager; Hallie Sabrsula, 30, self-employed (top two vote-getters will be declared winners)

Fairchilds

• Mayor: Bob Haenel, 54, executive editor of the Fort Bend Herald newspaper

• Two at-large aldermen seats: Richard Vacek, 66, operations manager for the city of Needville; Linda Kaluza, 60, foreman in the Alief Independent School District (top two vote-getters will be declared winners)

Fort Bend ISD

• Position 1: Susan Hohnbaum, 59, administrative manager (i); Kyle Brantley, 46, marketing; Wade A. Watassek, 37, risk analyst

• At-large Position 4: Daniel Menendez, 40, engineer (i); Bruce Albright, 58, sales manager; Kevin P. Daniels, 41, English lecturer; Rodrigo Carreon, 41, electrician

• Position 5: Patsy Taylor, 51, counselor; Jonita Reynolds, 41, chief executive officer of CCCSA

Fulshear

• Two at-large aldermen seats: J.B. Collins, 63, bus driver (i); Stephen Gill, 52, financial adviser (i); Jocelyn Ryan, 38, homemaker (top two vote-getters will be declared winners)

Kendleton

• Position 1: Veronica Harris, 53, office manager for Jackson-Hewitt (i)

• Position 3: Etta Marie Patterson, 60, retired nurse, licensed insurance agent and a certified minister (i)

• Position 5: Carolyn Jones, 72, retired

Lamar CISD

• District 4: Julie Thompson, 43, teacher (i); Jamie Rhea Dozier, 41, vice president of Marine Technical Solutions

• District 5: Steve Ginsburg, 54, finance manager; Dar Hakimzadeh, 42, real estate agent and owner of ID Construction; Robert L. "Bob" Thomas Jr., 52, attorney

• District 7: Richard McCarter, 55, consultant and small-business owner (i); Gary W. Gates Jr., 51, real estate/business owner; Rhonda Zacharias, 54, information technology professional

Meadows Place

• Place 4: Terry Henley, 68, applications engineer (i)

• Place 5: Rick Staigle, 40, traffic engineer (i); John C. Whiteman, 67, general manager of his own business

Missouri City

• District A: Rodney Griffin, 64, works in financial services field; Bobby Marshall, 50, business owner (i)

• District B: Don Smith, 68, retired (i)

• District C: Robin Elackett, 39, hospital administrator (i)

• District D: Floyd Emery, 73, retired; Noel Pinnock, 37, consultant

Needville

• Mayor: Delbert Wendt, 76, retired (i)

• Two at-large council seats: Clarence Lamensky, 83, retired (i); Harriet Karnei, 65, retired (i); Alexander Warncke, 36, Houston firefighter; George Krejci Jr., 56, ag science teacher; Pamela Blasingame, 52, paralegal; Charles McElrath, 41, code enforcement officer (top two vote-getters will be declared winners)

Needville ISD

• Position 1: Kim Teykl, 53, co-owner of Damon Farm & Ranch; Sandra Ognoskie Wendt, 49, senior accounting clerk for Fort Bend County (City Council appointed Teykl to the vacant post last year until voters could decide who to elect to the two-year unexpired term)

• Position 6: Kim Janke, 53, dispatcher for Schultz Bros. Trucking (i)

• Position 7: Chris Janicek, 56, retired educator (i)

Orchard

• Sales tax vote: No city council spots are up for election this year, but voters will decide whether to reauthorize a quarter-cent sales tax for street maintenance.

Pleak

• Three at-large aldermen seats: Michael John, 39, works in sales (i); Brenda Jaynes, 57, plant operations coordinator; Wade Goates, 37, fire marshal for city of Rosenberg

• Sales tax: Voters will decide whether to reauthorize a quarter-cent sales tax to fund street maintenance.

Rosenberg

• Mayor: Susan Kroll Euton, 53, financial manager; Vincent Morales, 55, business owner

• At-large Position 1: William T. "Bill" Benton, 47, self-employed; James Urbish, 51, electrician; Laurie Orsak Cook, 44, accounts payable supervisor

• At-large Position 2: George A. Zepeda, 62, retired; Cynthia McConathy, 51, retired; Cowboy Bill, 64, substitute teacher

• District 1: Juan Salazar, 48, owner of Dick's Auto Electric (i)

• District 2: Joe Segura, 58, inspector for the Texas Department of Transportation (i); Eric L. Ramirez, 27, sales consultant

• District 3: Dwayne Grigar, 47, assistant to the Fort Bend County engineer (i); Christian "Christy" Hawkins, 30, manager of Hawkins Furniture

• District 4: Tom Suter, 59, business administrator (i)

Simonton

• Three at-large council seats: Jane Stockton, 55, interior designer (i); Jeff Young, 49, financial planner (i); John Bohannon, investigator (age was not included on his filing form)

Stafford

• Mayor: Leonard Scarcella, 70, attorney (i)

• Three at-large council seats: Fred Wooldridge, 66, education administrator (i); Felecia Evans-Smith, 34, executive assistant/project coordinator (i); Wen Guerra, 56, general contractor (i)

Stafford MSD

• Two at-large trustee seats: Cindy Hoelscher, 42, certified public accountant and financial adviser (i); Rodney Butler, 51, works for the U.S. Postal Service (i); Auturo Dwayne Jackson, 44, senior director of customer care and customized services (top two vote-getters will be declared the winners)